Whenever I get a new ancient, I troll the Internet looking for information (most of you do this too, I am sure). Usually I hit all the usual spots...
I just got this batch from eBay, three uglies but I had a lot of fun tracking down attributions. They were all listed as "unidentified" and the...
I am pretty excited about this. A Nero as with a GALBA countermark (in Greek). This is my first Nero and my first Galba, two emperors I figured...
I know it can be tough determining an As vs. a Dupondius, especially for empresses, but I have never been confused by a Sestertius vs. Dupondius....
[ATTACH] This is so ugly I hesitate to post it, but it came in a lot of sestertii today (averaging about $7 each) and while trying to attribute...
I just got this from eBay, having very little idea what it was (the seller, a knowledgeable ancients dealer, didn't know either). After spending...
Thought I'd toss out this new arrival for comment. It was cheap, seller ran a pretty dark photo, and so I was surprised by the garish blue...
I just got a couple of low-grade Roman copper/brass coins that I've been having a lot of fun tracking down. There's been a lot of posts about...
I recently picked up an odd Trajan Decius antoninianus cheap on eBay that I was having a great deal of trouble attributing. It features PIETAS...
I recently got my first Byzantine Justinian I 16 nummi from Thessalonica. It has a pretty rough obverse, but the reverse is pretty decent....
Just got two new cheap Greeks from eBay and I had a question/comment about them, wondering if I could get some help, opinions, etc. The one on...
I really like the Venus-from-behind image, but with my budget have not had much luck finding anything. This past month 2 came my way: a Julia...
I recently got this little bronze from Mysia in Pergamon, a common one with Athena and a trophy. It has been countermarked with what looks like a...
This was a bit of a surprise in the mail today. Listed on on eBay as "Ancient Coin Unknown Date" I got it for $0.99. I couldn't tell how big it...
I sort of bought this by accident - thought I could throw it in for free shipping along with something else, then I got outbid on the something...
I recently got this ragged denarius of Julia Domna, IVNO REGINA reverse. Over the past year I have learned a lot about Severan coins from this...
Starting out 2018 bottom-feeding on eBay. Pretty happy with this one, a dupondius of Lucius Verus, Mars reverse (I'm still trying to attribute it...
I finally got my first ancient countermark coin. The only reason I bid on it was because I found a similar example sold on Forvm, with this...
Bottom feeding as always, got a lot of four ancient odd-balls for $8.50. Junky stuff, but I've been having fun fooling with them. Two of them...
Bottom-feeding as usual, I recently picked up a small bronze from Syracuse with the nymph Arethusa and an Octopus ($12.76). I've been trying to...
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